Fishing cork or float.



PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

H. T. STANTON.

I FISHING CORK 0R FLOAT. APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 23, 1905.

UNITED STATES. PATENT ()FFICE. HENRY r1 STANTON, or TUXEDO PARK, ST.LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI.

FISHING CORK on FLOAT.

No: 829,608; Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed'August 23, 1905. Serial No. 275,498.

Patented Aug. 28', I906.

To aZL whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY T. STANTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tuxfioat, as shown, for the to the fishing-line and float inpurpose of connection supporting .the cork or proper fishing'relation tothe line.

edoPark, in the county of St. Louis, State of For t is purpose ofconnection the stem-is 'ssouri, have invented certain new anduseprovided in ,one of its exposed or projecting Improvements in FishingCorks or Floats, of which the following. is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in corks or floats forfishing-lines, and has for its hole 4, extending entirely through thestem and of cross-sectional proportion a proximately Very slightlygreater than the fishingline, sufficient to permit the line to be drawntherethrough readily when it is desired to stem adapted for simple,firm, shift or adjust the cork or float upon the line. connection to theline and which is flexible and resilient, whereby the float may bereleased from entanglement with a brushstem, resulting in the provisionof spring-lips heap or other obstruction (an occurrence irebetween whichthe line may be passed and quently met with by fishermen) and withoutwhich clamp the line with a firm pressure sufdan er of breaking thestem. ficient to maintain the position of the float I eretofore it hasbeen ing corks or floats to provide astem of wood or ofquill, generallyprovided with special means for attachment to the fishing-line, as bymeans of metal rings or otherwise. Such stems are objectionable in thatthey break readily under strain, and the line is liable to becomeentangled in or cut or sawed or otherwise damaged by the attachingdevices that serve to connect the float with the line.

My invention consists in the fishing cork or float hereinafter describedand the novel stem thereof.

That which is regarded 'as new will beset forth in the appended clausesof claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is anelevation of the fl Fig. 2 is a central section. Fig. 3 is a Viewillustrating the bending capacity of the float-stem. Fig. 4 is a Viewshowing the float-stem caught in a branch and illustrating the manner inwhich the float may be released without breaking the stem.

The reference-numeral l in said drawings designates the cork or floatbody, which may be made of any sutiable material, such as wood or cork,and of any suitable shape, preferably of the ordinary pear or buoyshape, and is provided with a central longitudinal setm-bore 2 toreceive the stem.

The stem is designated by the referencecustomary in fishupon the lineexcept when the fisherman desires to adjust it to a different position.By reason of the yielding or springy nature of the clamping-lips theywill permit the line to be easily drawn therethrough by the fisherman inthe operation of adjusting the float to different positions on the line,as illustrated, for example, in Fig. 3.

The stem will preferably be of such crosssection as compared to thecorresponding portion of the bore that it may by manual manipulation bereadily introduced into and withdrawn from the float in the initialassembly, or, if necessary, for renewal of the stem, and yet when soincorporated with the floatbody will have frictional engagement with thewall of the bore throughout the length of the latter, whereby it isconnected to the float with suohfirmness that its relation thereto willnot be disturbed in actual fishing use.

The projecting ends of the stem, as stated, are flexi lo and resilient,whereby they will bendfor example, as shown in Fig. 4-in the event ofbeing entangled with a brushheap or other obstruction and facilitate therelease of the cork from such obstruction, obviating the objectionsheretofore stated as characteristic of the common Wooden or quill typeof stems.

he means provided for connection of the float to the line are simple andefficient and numeral 3, and consists of a solid pencil of enable thefloat to be easily adjusted along rubber conforming in crosssectionalsize and the line, present no opportunity for the line shape to the bore2, and of a length to pass becoming entangled With the stem, and avoidlongitudinally into said bore and have its the possibility of the linebecoming cut or ends project from the opposite ends of the sawed orotherwise damaged.

The cork may bereadilyadjusted along the line by sliding it up or downas necessity may require.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- 1. A fishing-linefloat provided with a stem having resilient ends projecting fromopposite ends of the float-body said stern provided with openingsthrough its projecting ends to receive a fishing-line for connection ofthe float to the line.

2. A fishing-line float provided With a stem having resilient endsprojecting from opposite ends of the float-body, one of said ends havinga transverse opening therethrough and the other having a transverse slitproviding a spring-line clamp.

3. A fishing-line float consisting of a body and a solid stem of rubbercombined therewith and having its ends projecting from 0pposite ends ofthe body, said projecting ends being provided With openings extendingtherethrough for reception of the fishing-line.

4. A fishing-line float consisting of a body and a solid stern of rubbercombined therewith, and having its ends projecting from opposite ends ofthe body, one of said projecting ends being provided With a transverseopening entirely therethrough and the other having a transverse slitproviding a spring- 30 line clamp.

HENRY T. STANTON.

Witnesses:

J. L. HOWELL, WILLIAM M. THOMAS.

